Uh huh, I’m not climbing on that. Cause there’s a sign that says not to.

Right. If I was a kid in this park, I’d obey that.

I’m not sure if the title is the one-liner or if I should go with my plan to use the sign. Or, perhaps I should put it in the form of a question to the artist/planning board/park designer:

“What were you thinking?”

Yeah, that works.

As I hinted last Saturday, I had an adventure last Wednesday. I took the train to New York City to meet with Brad Lewis, a friend of mine who was visiting from the west coast.

Brad and I walked along the Hudson River, played a intense round of mini-golf (minus two holes) and proceeded to sample some of the wonderful food available in lower Manhattan. We had Dim Sum on Elizabeth St. for “brunch” followed as fast as we could walk, by a Pastrami sandwich from Katz’s Delicatessen for “lunch” – seriously, we did. We ate like teenage boys. If we had thought about it, we would have stopped for a slice of pizza. Throughout the day, we shared stories, laughed and drank like mature adults. OK, as mature as men ever get.

I think this will happen again. Brad has demanded a rematch at the mini-golf course, there were a couple items at the Dim Sum place we didn’t try, and those slices of pizza are calling.

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Husband, father, woodworker, cyclist, photographer, geek - oh wait, I’m writing this like I only have 140 characters. I am all those things, and more, and all of these passions present me with opportunities to observe, and think about things that I can’t write about in other places. I have started this blog to catch the stuff that falls out, overflows and just plain doesn’t fit the other containers in my life.
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Thanks Gwen, I will check that out. I’m not sure I’ve ever had Cal-Mex. We don’t have very many good places in CT for Mexican food and very few varieties. That sounds good. I just looked it up. I think I’d like to try a restaurant, but from where we were, I could easily hit the cart in Soho :)

What a day!! Brings back old memories of Manhattan! You and Brad need to make a specific date to do it again – just saying “one day we should…” just never seems to arrive. Besides – how can you give up a NY pizza?!!

So many nice photos in this post. The roof of the Penn Station is so fine and I really love the photo of the crane on a barge in the Hudson and that of the ventilation facility. The latter can be used to explain perspective in art.
I also like the observation you made about 23-pound dogs. I had to laugh at that because I missed it the first time.

Thanks Peter. That’s actually the lower level of Penn Station, which is about all that survived after the “renovation” in 1963 where they tore the station down to build Madison Square Garden.The main area of the terminal is ugly. It’s funny that you mention perspective. I have a photo that I took from the side, where you can see both sides, but I liked this better for that reason.

I guess the park designer wasn’t paying attention the day they covered ‘less than’ vs ‘less than or equal to’ in school.

Seriously? Don’t climb! As a child, a youth and even a young adult you can bet your salami on rye I would have been ALL over that sculpture! I would love to see a camera set up to capture that site after hours.

Ha ha – I hope you appreciate the pictures of New Jersey, Lois. I can’t believe how much they’ve built on that side of the Hudson. There aren’t as many places to get a good sandwich, these days, but this one was excellent. Yeah, don’t climb.

Sounds like a wonderful day, Dan. My hubby would definitely travel to NYC (3 hours for us) just for a good pastrami sandwich. I want to know why you only played 16 holes of mini golf. Too many beverages? :)

It was a great day, Laurie. It’s a 3-hour train ride for me as well, but I love being on a train, so it really is a win-win. We’re not sure how we missed one of the holes. We were going along, as you do in mini-golf, but when we got to the 11th flag, we had only played 10 holes. Then we skipped a hole to get passed a very slow family. We hadn’t started drinking yet.

LOL – did you and Linda plan this connection to food…you two are driving me to want to go grab something bad for me to eat! ;-) Interesting about the dog park separating by weight. The food and sites look like you had a great trip!

Now that’s a dog park of a different color! Hope all the pups, and their owners, can read!! They can’t be serious with the sign on the sculpture. That’s just an invitation to “climb me!”

What a great day you had with your friend. Sunshine. Cranes all over the place. Delicious food. Cold beer. Enjoying the company of a friend. Laughing and having fun being teenagers again. And being in that restaurant that seemingly has no end.

I hope it’s not too long before you two can do a repeat performance.
🐾Ginger 🐾

DR. BROWN’S!!!!! Beer or no beer, I’da hadda go for the Cel-Ray Tonic. Srsly. Lissen: You guys are the kind of guys I like to sightsee with. Mom was my walk-and-eat buddy, and I do miss those days. Thanks for taking us along on this excursion. And the sculpture? Yeah, they gotta be kidding! Don’t climb or hang from it. Phhht!

I took the picture of the Dr Brown’s sign specifically for you Marian. My friend was asking me why, and I told him about when I found it in the deli near us. He said “growing up, Dr Browns was just soda – nothing special.” After hvein the Tsing Tao earlier, I was ready to stick with beer.

Oh, it looks like you two had a grand time, Dan. Thanks for letting all of us here share part of it virtually. That looks like good grub! I’ve said that I like red ale, not beer. However, I always liked Kirin Ichiban. The store here in my vast “dry sauna” (aka desert town) doesn’t have it. So I took a chance on a couple of other Asian beers and found that I like them too. I’m not sure what the difference is…
Have a wonderful Wednesday. Hugs on the wing!

Thanks Teagan. I’m glad you found a beer you like. Otherwise, you might have to move again, and I know that’s not an option. I ordered a Kirin Ichiban in the Detroit airport the last time I flew through there. I forgot that it comes in a 22oz can. That’s a beer!

They do, John! It’s such an eclectic place to eat. I got my instructions to feed singles to the guy making my sandwich, and I took his advice on the kind of bread. It was so good. If it wasn’t three hours away, I’d go back today.

Hi Dan – how wonderful you were able to get down to meet Brad – saves you the fare of visiting him?! What fun signs … so easy to understand, so easy to misinterpret. Sounds like you had a glorious day catching up and spending time together over old memories … and then the food – well mine isn’t going to be like that – but I am glad it’s near supper time! Fun photos too … cheers Hilary

You know what I just realized? Dim Sum and Pastrami on rye are two things I complained about missing when I was in Georgia. And two things we did the first week we were home. Good times. You have my support of both! And in good company?
What an excellent way to spend the day! Well done! :D

What a great day. Good friend, good food, cranes, fog, boats, tall masted ships, Lady Liberty, all in NYC!
The food looks so good, and I’m so hungry for dinner! My sauce won’t be ready for another hour!

That was the best part, Jennie. I met him in Cambridge (at a bar). I had breakfast with him once in LA, and we’ve met a few times in NYC, but this was a great day. I’d say it was the least healthy, but we walked a lot.

For whatever reason whenever I would surface in that area from the subway, I would always be turned around…but that said I saw more because of it and came across places I wouldn’t have seen other wise.

That’s funny, Kirt. When I met my friend, he told me to meet him at Hudson and Varrick. I go there first, and he said “start walking west on Hudson” – of course, I started walking east. It didn’t take long before I realized I was going the wrong way, but…